Chris Overmyer wants to put the sparkle back in fishermen's bait buckets. He's not alone along Ohio's expansive Lake Erie shoreline. Emerald shiner minnows, a native of Lake Erie, are by far the most ...

Golden shiners, a shimmering live bait favored by ... that Arkansas minnows are "bio-secure" and worthy of Minnesota bait buckets. "We'll prove this is a really good idea," said Sen.

“And that’s especially true during hot weather, when the water in the bait bucket gets warm and the shiners are under stress,” Liikala said. More important than which blue-plate special an ...

The Star Tribune reports that the Department of Natural Resources has prevailed in arguments over the ban, which prevents Minnesota bait dealers from buying golden shiners from other states ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The next time you reach into your minnow bucket to thread a shiner into a hook ... is asking anglers to keep an eye on their bait in an effort to keep the invasive species ...

Some minnows, especially shiners, creek chubs and redtails ... The biggest mistake you can make is putting too many bait fish in your bait bucket. Overcrowding will cause the bait to begin ...

As in minnows. Perhaps the most effective bait Minnesota anglers use, golden shiners have long been a staple of minnow buckets from Warroad to Winona. But importing these or any other minnows into ...

Bait shops get their minnows from commercial ... On a good day, it didn’t take long to use up a bucket of shiners with this method.

Bait and tackle will soon be available at the State Park Marina on Presque Isle Bay. Dan Kelly was recently awarded the state’s gas dock concession at the State Park Marina. In reviewing the ...

Live shiners are one of the best baits for a variety of species. Here are the three best ways to hook a shiner. Joe Cermele If you own a bait shop and don’t sell live shiners, can you really call ...